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Title: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | ... | Heavy Duty | |
| Christopher Eccleston | ... | McCullen / Destro | |
| Grégory Fitoussi | ... | Baron de Cobray | |
| Joseph Gordon-Levitt | ... | The Doctor / Rex | |
| Leo Howard | ... | Young Snake Eyes | |
| Karolina Kurkova | ... | Cover Girl | |
| Lee Byung-Hun | ... | Storm Shadow | |
| Sienna Miller | ... | Ana / Baroness | |
| David Murray | ... | James McCullen - 1641 | |
| Rachel Nichols | ... | Scarlett | |
| Kevin J. O'Connor | ... | Dr. Mindbender | |
| Gerald Okamura | ... | Hard Master | |
| Ray Park | ... | Snake Eyes | |
| Jonathan Pryce | ... | U.S. President | |
| Dennis Quaid | ... | General Hawk | |
Two soldiers stationed in Kazahkstan (Captain Duke Hauser and his partner "Ripcord") are ordered to transport special warheads created by MARS, an arms' manufacturer controlled by James McCullen. When they are attacked by thieves (led by Anastasia DeCobray, with whom Duke has history), they are saved by a top secret, international special forces unit known as "G.I. Joe". The leader of G.I. Joe, General Abernathy (or Hawk) is on the trail of the thieves: an evil organization called "Cobra". While Duke and Ripcord train to join the Joes, McCullen ("Destro") is secretly working for Cobra and plotting to recapture his metal-eating "Nanomite" warheads. Duke and Ripcord (with help from Heavy Duty, Snake Eyes, and the rest of the Joes) must prove that they are Real American Heroes -- by stopping the launch of these warheads before Cobra uses them to take over the world. Written by John Wiggins
Please, take note that I rated this film 8 only because of it's value as an action film, but that's exactly the point I came here to get across. Everybody seems to have the same argument when they trash this film.. "it's all effects and no brains or dramatic undertones". OK, that is true, I've got to admit, but then again what kind of movie were these people actually expecting to see? Huh?!
G.I. Joe is as pure as an action film can possibly be and most importantly, it doesn't pretend to be anything else. Look at the poster. Check out the trailer. After those, were you perhaps waiting to see an Ingmar Bergman film? IT'S G.I. JOE, for Christ's sake! And I must say that in it's category, it isn't that bad. Sommers can direct good action sequences (the pursuit on the streets of Paris is stunning!) and although the film is obviously overblown with ridiculous gadgets and over the top plot lines, it doesn't matter because Joe succeeds in it's ONLY primary mission: to be entertaining. It's never boring and it's the silly fun it was always going to be.
So in a nutshell.. if you want a serious film to watch, check out There Will Be Blood or Doubt, but if you just want to forget for two hours the mess your leaders have left your nation, nay, the *world* and just have fun, check out this action film. Thank you.